1. Chain 5, do 1 slip stitch in the first chain.2. Chain 3, make 11DC (double crochet) in the ring.3. 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain that you made at the beginning of the previous row. Change color.4. Chain 4, skip 1 single crochet (SC), 1SC in the next stitch. Repeat 5 more times. Do 1 slip stitch in the first SC you made. You now have 6 bows.5. In each bow: 3SC, 1 double crochet, chain 3, 1 double crochet, 3SC. Fasten off.

1. Chain 5, do 1 slip stitch in the first chain.2. Chain 3, make 11DC (double crochet) in the ring.3. 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain that you made at the beginning of the previous row. Change color.4. Chain 4, skip 1 DC, 1 single crochet (SC) in the next stitch. Repeat 5 more times. Do 1 slip stitch in the first SC you made. You now have 6 bows.5. In each bow: 1 SC, 1 half double crochet, 1 double crochet, 1 treble crochet, 1 double crochet, 1 half double crochet, 1SC. Fasten off.

Do you like my flowers so far? Don't forget that it's very easy to find all flower patterns on my blog. Just click on the search label 'flowers'. You can find all search labels in the right side bar, but if you click here you will see my flower posts as well. Below you will find the pattern of the flower on the picture above. Remember that all English patterns on my blog are below the Dutch pattern and that all English patterns are in US terms. I made this flower with Phildar Coton 3 and a crochet hook size 3mm. Enjoy!* Did you like this flower? Click here for more flower patterns. *

1. Chain 5, 1 slip stitch in the first chain.2. Chain 1, 10 single crochet (SC) in the ring. Do 1 slip stitch in the first SC and change color.3. 2SC in every SC. Change color at the last SC.4. * 1SC in the next SC, chain 5, do 1SC in the second chain from hook. In all other chains do: 1 half double crochet, 1 double crochet, 1 treble crochet. Skip 1 stitch.*Repeat what's in between * until you have 10 leaves. Fasten off.

As you can see my blog just had a small make-over. The next few days I will make a few more adjustments. This is because I'm not happy with the loading speed of the pages. But that will all be better soon! I wanted to show you my new blog icon in this blog post. I'm so very happy with it! It's a design by Anke, click here to go to her website and click here to see her Instagram-feed. I'm a huge fan of her work, so I'm very excited that she made this icon and a new banner for my blog (and other social media accounts). I hope this renewed design makes you happy too. Stop by tomorrow because Flower Week 2016 will continue with more free and fun flower patterns. See you then!

1. Chain 5, 1 slip stitch (SLST) in the first chain.
2. Chain 2, 9 half double crochet (HDC) in the ring. Do 1SLST in the second chain that you made at the start of this row and change colour.
3. Chain 4, skip 1SC, 1SC in the next stitch. Repeat this four more times so you have five bows.
4. In every bow: 1SC, 1HDC, 1 double crochet (DC), chain 3, 1DC, 1HDC, 1SC. Change colour at the lasst single crochet of the fifth bow.
5. 1SLST in the first SC of the next bow, chain 6. Repeat this four more times so you have five bows again.
6. In every bow: 1SC, 1HDC, 1DC, 1 treble crochet, 1DC, 1HDC, 1SC. Fasten off.

1. Chain 5. 1 slip stitch (SLST) in the first chain.2. Chain 3 (counts as the first half double crochet (HDC) + 1 chain), 1HDC in the ring.* Chain 1, 1HDC. * Repeat what's in between * until you have 10HDC around with 1 chain between them.3. 1SLST in the second chain you made at the beginning of row 2. Change colour.4. In the next 1-chain-opening: 1 single crochet (SC), chain 2, 1 double crochet (DC), chain 1.In all other 1-chain-openings: 2DC, chain 1. If you completed this round do 1SLST in the second chain you made at the beginning of this row. Do 1SLST in the next DC and change colour while doing so.5. * In every 1-chain-opening: 1SC, chain 5. * Repeat until you've completed this round. You should have 10 bows by now.6. In each bow: 2SC, 1DC, chain 3, 1DC, 2SC. After the last bow: do 1SLST in the first SC and fasten off.

In 2012 (oh boy, how time flies!) I had a Flower Week on my blog. Back then I wrote a blog post a day and added a free flower pattern to each blog post. It seemed fun to do this all over again, so last week I tried my best to come up with nine new and fun pattern. Do you want to collect them all? Make sure to follow my blog the next days because the patterns from the flowers on the picture above will all be posted the next week. The patterns I designed last time are all on this page, but you can also find the link to a free download in this blogpost. I hope you like it! * Click here for flower patterns. *

Are you busy this Saturday? If so, cancel all appointments :-) If not, here's what you have to do: go to the book launch of the book of Lisanne from the blog Draad en Praat! As from tomorrow her book Haak je Happy is available here, and she will have a party to celebrate at the lovely shop EchtStudio. And you can be there! Read all about it here and here on the blog of Lisanne. In short: the party is this Saturday from 12.00-17.00hrs at EchtStudio in Alphen aan den Rijn. Do you want to receive a goodie bag? Make sure to be in time and perhaps you'll receive one with the purchase of the book of Lisanne. Don't forget to bring your crochet hook, because you can work on your projects in the shop. There's also a mini-popup market and there are new yarn to see and feel. Do I have to say more? I don't think so! :-)

I took another book from my pile of crochet books, and this time it's a book that has one of my patterns in it (this one and this one). Despite the fact I have the book for some time now, I had never crocheted something from the book. You will find 30 patterns in this book, and as the titel shows, most projects are for babies and nurseries. On the last pages you will find an overview of all designers in the book, including their websites. Sometimes that's a blog, sometimes it's Etsy and sometimes both. It's just too bad that some websites are not available anymore, but most of them are still active. This book is only available in English as far as I know. The baby hat above was made with Drops Paris and very easy to crochet, and it looks so cute, don't you think? You can find the book here. Wishing you a lovely day!